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Public Health Researcher with 10 yr experience; worked as faculty at TISS; interested in consulting/research/managerial Project mgmt.Expert in Research Design, Data Analytics & report writing. Excellent publication. PhD in Quality of life;Certified SRH researcher by GFMER-WHO, worked on Health services&Financing;Interest areas: Public Health, SRH, Health System, Ageing, QOL, QoC,Primary Healthcar |
 Contact Nidhi Gupta
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, IT, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Government/Governance, Reforms, Corruption
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
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Professional Experience: |
TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (TISS), MUMBAI (2 MARCH 2015 TO PRESENT)
Designation: Assistant Professor, Centre for Population, Health and Development, School of Development Studies, TISS
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Overall coordination of Project titled ‘Increased Awareness, Access and Quality of elderly services’ under the broad umbrella of UNFPA’s initiative of Building knowledge-base on Population Ageing in India’ which included designing and implementing micro-level studies, analysis of secondary data, report writing, liaising with co-partners to organise various events for dissemination of the findings.
• Project management- Creation of Annual Work Plan, timelines for activities, utilisation of funds, quarterly and annual reporting -financial and progress reports, facilitating audits, etc. Liasoning with Partner Institutions on the project for AWP adherence.
• Research Proposals – Conceptualising research studies and research design – community level; programmatic, governance- for undertaking research activities and academic collaborations, at the Centre for Population, Health and Development, SDS.
• Designing the ToR for Designing and Development of Web Portal on Ageing; vendor negotiations and content development for the web portal.
• Networking and Advocacy: Coordinating activities for Organising workshops and Seminars with media professionals, CSR professionals, government officials and NGOs. Advocacy based on evidence generated from research studies.
• Academic responsibilities:
o Teaching course (Master and PhD Level)
? Research methodology: Quantitative Research- Theory and Practice
? Health Planning and Management – Masters Programme
o Teaching a course at Centre for Lifelong learning, Diploma in Gerontology (2 Credit each)
? Social Gerontology- A multidisciplinary perspective
? Policies, Programmes and Management of Services for Older Adults
o Role of discussant for PhD proposal and synopsis presentations for doctoral scholars.
o External reviewer for MA dissertations for MSW and MA DS students.
o Student Selection Panel – MA, MPhil -PhD programmes
• Initiating collaboration with University of Southampton (UoS), for developing a joint Master’s Degree Programme on Global Ageing, Health and Development. Also involved in curriculum development of this programme and collaboration building between UoS and TISS.
• Curriculum evaluation: Diploma in Geriatric care, School of Vocational Education, TISS.
• Representing TISS at various National and International fora-
o Establishing student exchange opportunities
o Collaborative work with international Universities and Developmental organisations
• UGC e-Pathshala – Master of Population Sciences
o Author of Eight Modules of Paper titled ‘Population and Health’. I have also contributed video lectures of over ten modules in this paper. The modules range from Health Management Information Systems, Health Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Progr
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Education: |
•PhD,Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, (TISS) (2011-14)
•Growing Old around the Globe offered by University of Pennsylvania (6 week Online course) August 2013.
•Health for All Through Primary Health Care offered by Johns Hopkins University (2013)
•Pre-Doctoral (TISS), Grade A (First rank)(2010- 2011)
•Trained Researcher in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research from Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER) in collaboration with WHO (2011).
•UGC-NET qualified (2009), SRF Holder (Social Medicine and Community Health) from Government of India
•Master of Health Administration (MHA), School of Health System Studies, 2007- 09, secured Grade-A,Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
•Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), 1995-2001
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
*Population Association of America (PAA) fellowship for paper presentation and Travel Grant at Washington DC, 2016.
*UGC- SRF holder,
*UGC -NET in Social Medicine and Community Health
*Papers presented at International and national conferences,
*Publications in peer-reviewed Journals and edited volumes on health,healthcare, ageing, developmental issues.
#Best Research dissertation award for Masters thesis titled: 'Institutional deliveries in Maternal Health - a case of delivery huts scheme in Haryana'
Publications:
•• 2018:
1) Gupta, Nidhi (2018). Elder Abuse in Maharashtra: Extent, Forms and Policy and Programmatic Implications in Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly in India, (eds) Mala Kapur Shankardass & S. Irudaya Rajan. Springer Publications, ISBN-10: 9811061157, ISBN-13: 978-9811061158 (Coauthor). (https://www.amazon.com/Abuse-Neglect-Elderly-India-Shankardass/dp/9811061157/) (to be released soon)
2) Gupta, Nidhi (2018). Policies and Programmes for older persons in India: A critical review, in Multicultural Perspectives on Gender and Aging eds..(accepted, under copy editing and final setting)
• 2017:
1) Gupta, Nidhi, (2017). Models of Care for improving quality of lives of older persons, UNFPA, India (report) (coauthor) – in progress
2) Gupta, Nidhi, (2017). Day centres for older adults, UNFPA, India (report) (coauthor) – in progress
3) Gupta, Nidhi, 2017. United Nations Population Fund 2017. ‘Caring for Our Elders: Early Responses’ - India Ageing Report – 2017. UNFPA, New Delhi, India. http://india.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/India%20Ageing%20Report%20-%202017%20%28Final%20Version%29.pdf (coauthor)
• 2016:
1) Gupta, Nidhi (2016). Population Ageing: Health and Social Care of Elderly Persons, In Artha Vijnana, special Issue Vol. LVIII, No. 4, December 2016, pp. 397-406. (ISSN 0971-586X)
2) Gupta Nidhi, (2016). Social Capital, Community Participation and Quality of Life: A Case of older women from urban setting in India. Journal of Madras School of Social Work. Volume 10 (1&2) pp 25-48.(ISSN- - 0975-4040)
3) Gupta, Nidhi (2016): 'Development, Elder abuse, Quality of life: A case of older women in India' in in International Journal on Ageing in Developing Countries. Vol 1(2), pp 158-173 (ISSN: no. 2519-1594 | ONLINE)
4) Nidhi Gupta (2016). Food Security for elderly in Tamil Nadu, Good Practices Series, UNFPA, New Delhi (coauthor)
• 2015:
1) Gupta, Nidhi (2015): Physical and Psychological Health of Older Women in Urban India, Indian Journal of Gerontology, Vol 29(1), pp. 23-45. (ISSN 0971-4189)
Gupta, N. (2013). Older Women in India: Issues and Concerns. In S. Siva Raju, U. V. Somayajulu, & C. P. Prakasam (Eds.), Ageing, Health and Development (pp. 203-222). Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation.
• Gupta, N. (2013) Levels and Determinants of Maternal Healthcare utilisation: A comparative analysis of EAG and Non-EAG states in India.
• Gupta, N. (2013) Materials Management in Primary Health Centre: A Process Mapping Study in Maharashtra, Primary Health Centre in Rural Health in Siva Raju, and Sandhya Rani eds.
• Models of Social and Health care for elderly in Norway, Indian Journal of Gerontology, Vol.27, N0.4, 2013 pp 574-587.
• Gupta, N. (2012) Knowledge about Reproductive Health matters among Youth in India: Situation and Determinants (accepted) in Perspectives in Social Work, Dec, 2012.
Research projects, Reports, Books
• Living on the margins: Prawn Harvesters from Little Rann of Kutch (an exploratory study of health status), CEHAT (2011). (research proposal, design, training of RIs, execution of study, analysis of data and first draft of report)
• Mapping the Flow of User Fees in a Public Hospital, CEHAT (2011) (research proposal, design and tools besides an annotated bibliography of literature on user fee in public hospitals)
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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